Incandescent gas and like burner.



J. GALVIL. yINANDESCENT GAS AND LIKE BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1907.

Patented Feb. 27,1912.

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LUMIIA PLANOGRAPH 0., WASHINGTON, D. E.

J. GALYIL. INOANDESGBNT GAS AND LIKE BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 80, 1907.

1,018,969. Patented Feb.27,1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO., WASHINGNN. D- C- J. GALIL.

I NGANDESGBNT GAS AND LIKE BURNER.

APPLIUA'IION FILED NOV. 30, 1907.

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OLUMBIA PLANOURAPH 6 0.. WAS'HINUTON. D. C.

JULIEN GALILE, 0E NANCY, FRANCE.

INCANDESCENT GAS AND LIKE BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Application filed November 30, 1907. Serial No. 464,487.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIEN GALILE, of lbis Rue de la Visitation, in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Republic of France, gentleman, have invented Improvements Relating to Incandescent Gas and Like Burners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for? object an incandescent gas burner whereby, with but a small gas consumption, to obtain illumination sufficient for the purpose of a nightlight from the incandescence of a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oxids submitted to the action of the flame from an atmospheric burner.

In the drawings which illustrate a burner constructed according to the invention, Figure 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 atop plan, and Fig. 3 a side view of the burner; while Fig. 4 and Fig. la show front and side elevations respectively of the illuminating disk. Figs. 5 to 7 illustrate modified forms of the burner, Fig. 5 being a side elevation and Figs. 6 and 7 showing the support for the illuminating disk in the open and closed positions respectively. F ig.l 8 is an elevation of a modified form of the burner combined with an ordinary incandenscent burner, and

Fig. 9 is a side view of the same. Fig. 10 shows in plan a detail of the mounting of the burner. Fig. 1l shows a bracket burner.

In Figs. l to 4, a represents the base of the burner, wherein the gas arrives from the service pipe and which is prolonged in the form of a tube suitably re-curved and terminated by an atmospheric burner o of small consumption, emitting a short flame. Opposite the burner c is placed a disk of incandescent gauze d which may be of any configuration but is preferably circular as in the example shown in the drawing. rI`he disk d is retained in a mount or frame e inserted and held in place in a support f by any suitable means.

In the drawing the tail g of the frame e is simply nipped between the two strips constituting the support f.

In order to regulate the position of the disk Z relatively to the burner c the support f is movable about an axis h and is provided with a branch z' under which is arranged a flat spring m which tends constantly to lift this branch and to thus move the disk d apart from the burner c; the branch i carfies a screw 7c upon which is mounted a nut Z. In operating this nut, the interval between the disk d and the end of the burner c, can be regulated at will.

a is the chimney of the burner which may be of any construction or shape, but which is preferably formed with holes o. The chimney n is supported in the ordinary manner upon a gallery p.

With the arrangement described, it will be seen that the flame emitted by the atmospheric burner c plays upon the refractory disk d, which thus becomes incandescent and so provides illumination sufficient for a night-light with an insignicant consumption of gas.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 7, the incandescent gauze disk l is held in a mount constituted vby two annular members e el whereof one'is provided with a recess for the reception of the disk, and whereof one (for example el) is movable upon thev other about an axis e2 in such manner that, by simply displacing the portion el from in front of the portion c (Fig. 6) the incandescent gauze diskcl may at once be put in place or removed, the disk being secured Vin position when the annular member e1 is rreplaced exactly over the member e (Fig. 7

In order to permit ofthe position of the -disk al, relatively to the llame, being regulated, the tail g of the member e may slide with a light frictional contact in the support f mounted upon a tube L which engages with a light frictional contact upon a split tube h1 carried by the shade orreflector; said tube h being provided with a milled button h2 enabling the disk-carrier to be easily shifted forth and back or from left to right upon the tube h1.

The gas flows by way of a pipe b branched upon the connection a and terminating in a cap 01 having a very small orifice adapted to emit a strong but thin jet of gas producing a very hot flame rich in oxygen. On the pipe b are provided a tap and a small reservoir Z2* for collecting the water ofcondensation, said reservoir being provided with an emptying screw-plug. This arrangement may be utilized either as a wall lamp (Fig. 5) or as a ceiling lamp; in the lattercase the vjet of Agasis led in from below, the disk-carrier being placed a little the re-ignition of the burner s at will.

farther down the apparatus.

In Figs. 8, 9 and 10, theburner described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 4, is shown in combination with an ordinary incandescent burner of thetype known as the Auer burner wherein, as before, the gas enters the burner by way of the base a through a tap e; the said ordinary burner comprising an atmospheric injector 1, mixing tube s and a mantle t carried by a stem u. The upper extremity of the stem u is prolonged to receive the disk CZ and its support e, placed as before in front of the burner c of the night-light. v The posit-ion of the disk Z relatively to the burner o may be regulated by means of nuts Z screwing on the threaded rods 7c which support the ring w wherein the mantle support u is iixed.

The rods 7s are surrounded by springs m and, as will be seen o-n reference to Fig.

.10, by turning the nut Z in the one direction or the other the entire ring w is inclined about two pivotal supports Z1, Z1 constituted by the two other supporting rods of the ring. The position of the disk may be regulated in a lateral direction by turning the nuts upon the screws Z1, Z1.

The tube Z) which feeds the atmospheric burner c is here shown as placed outside the chimney n, which latter is formed with an aperture for the passage of the burner c. The tube b is divided at its lower portion into two branches 51, 51 and is adapted to turn upon the base a.

Between the two branches 51 is arranged a small axis y upon which is mounted a rod y1 the lower end of which passes through a ring e provided with two trunnions c1 which can freely rotate in two lugs al with which the base a of the burner is provided; this end of the rod y1 is screw-threaded andV receives a nuty'?.

The rod y1 passes through a returning spiral spring ys bearing on the one hand against the ring .e and on the other hand against a shoulder of this rod y1.

In turning the nut z 2, a pull is exerted upon the rod y1, the burner c is brought again backward and then it can be completely removed from the chimney n. In turning the nut y2 in a reverse direction, the burner 0 is brought again forward through the medium of the returning spring ya.

Instead of a glass chimney provided with holes, a straight glass without holes, aerated through the socket could also be used. Vith this arrangement, if the tap o be opened to admit the gas to the-burners s and c, the

ordinary mantle t is illuminatedV at the same timeas the night-light e but, if the tap/v be turned so as to close the main burner s, the tube b lof the 'night-light will remain open the illuminating disk d will continue to furnish a suificient light while-permitting places as staircases, corridors,hospital wardsV and the like.

VVVFig. l1 shows the invention used as a `bracket burner.

The burner c is mounted upon a plate al and maintained in a normal position with reference to the lat-ter by means of a support a2 secured to this plate. Upon the support a2 is also mounted a tube f1 in `which can slide a tube f2 carrying at one of its ends, the support e of the disk of gauze impregnated with rare oxids; at its other end the tube f2 is pivoted to a lever 'Z1 moving about an axis h1 and adapted to be shifted by means of a nut or of a screw Z. A returning spring m constantly tends to force back the tube f2.

In operating the nut or the screw Z, the dist-ance between the disk-carrier e and the end of the burner can be regulated at will. The gas is thus supplied to the burner c by any convenient means. At the rear of the end of the burner c is mounted a small shade 1. Y

The present system of bracket burner further-comprises a globe 2, of the Nernst type for instance provided with two holes and adapted to protect the iame and allow the draft. At the rear of this globe there can be mounted a shade 3.

The system of lighting is very economical, the light from the incandescent disk being much steadier than that from an ordinary mantle, the above described burner may be'.

employed with advantage in certain yspecial cases7 for example in various physical or surgical apparatus wherein a steady light is required, such as ophtalmoscopes, laryngescopes, etc., also inV workrooms where very accurate work (such as engraving) is to be done requiring an illuminant vof small area. In this case the light from the incandescent disk may be directed or concentrated by a lens or any other suitable optical device.

It is to be undestood that the constructional form, dimensions and method of mounting the various constituent parts .of the above described burner may be, varied without departing from the spirit of the invention, for example the arrangement of the vatmospheric burner may be as -desiredythe disk Z may be made of any material capable of being rendered incandescent by the gas flame; Vand the mounting of the diskV d mayV be modified accordingrto the various practical aplications of they invention; further, t-he adjustment of the position of the diskd and of its support f relatively to the atmospheric burner may be effected by any mechanical device other than the nuts and springs described above.

The invent-ion may be employed with all kinds of combustibles, such as lighting gas, petrol vapor, petroleum spirit, acetylene, etc.

l. An incandescent gas-light apparatus comprising a small atmospheric burner, a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oXids,

a device for regulating' the distance between this disk and the end of the atmospheric burner, an incandescent burner, and a device supplying independently the gas to the atmospheric burner and to the incandescent burner.

2. An incandescent gas light apparatus comprising an incandescent burner, a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oXids, arranged above the mantle of this burner, a disk-carrier, a. small atmospheric burner in front of the disk, a device for adjust-ing the posit-ion of the disk-carrier with reference to the end of the atmospheric burner, a conduit branched on the body of the incandescent burner movable on the latter and carrying the atmospheric burner, and a device for controlling the shifting of this conduit to release the atmospheric burner from the chimney of the incandescent burner.

3. An incandescent gas light apparatus, comprising an incandescent burner, a disk of: gauze impregnated with rare oXids and arranged in a vertical plane above the mantle of the incandescent burner,A and a small atmospheric burner mounted horizontally and having its end arranged in front of the center of the said disk.

4. An incandescent gas night-light apparatus, comprising a base for connection with a gas supply, a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oxids, a disk carrier on which the disk is mounted in a vertical plane, a small atmospheric burner extending horizontally in front of said disk, means for adjusting the position of the' disk carrier .with reference to the end of said burner, a tube branched at its lower portion and connected with'the base of the apparatus to turn thereon, the

said tube carrying the atmospheric burner at its upper end, means for controlling the admission of gas to the tube from said base, and means for controlling the movement of said tube.

5. An incandescent gas light apparatus, comprising a base for connection with a gas supply, a gallery for supporting the chimney, a small atmospheric burner extending horizontally and connected by a tube with said base, a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oXids', a support on which the disk is` mounted 1n a vertical plane, the said support being mounted t-o move to carry the disk toward and from the end of the burner, and means or adjusting said support, the said means including a screw rod in engagement with the support and projecting at its lower end through the bottom of the gallery, a spring pressing on said support, and a nut screwing on the projecting end of said screw rod.

6. An incandescent gas light apparatus, comprising a base for connection with a gas supply, a gallery for supporting a chimney, a small atmospheric burner, a disk of gauze impregnated with rare oxids, the atmospheric burner having its end arranged in front of the disk, a support on which the disk is mounted in a vertical plane, the `said support including an adjustable ring, and means for adjusting said ring to regulate the distance between the disk and the end of the burner, the said means including a screw rod in engagement with said ring and projecting at its lower end through the bot tom of the gallery, a coiled spring on said screw rod and pressing on said ring, and a nut screwing on the projecting end of said screw rod.

The foregoing specication of my improvements relating to incandescent gas and like burners, signed by me this eighteenth day of November, 1907.

JULIEN GALIL.

Witnesses DEAN B. MASON, MAURICE H. PIGNET.

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